The first racing shells, known as Lapstrake, or clinker boats, had hulls made from overlapping wooden planks called strakes. The hull is the shell frame, or main body, of the boat. George Pocock ...

After a few seasons of racing my no-name scow, I wanted to race a one-design and went halfsies with my family to buy Rhodes Bantam No. 836, a wood boat from the Gibbs Boat Company in Michigan.

The 82-year-old will be racing it Saturday just off Allentown's Adam's Island. It's part of the Cocktail Class Wooden Boat Racing Association's summer season. "What do you like about this?" ...

The Wood Brothers played a pivotal role in securing Jim Clark a victory in the Indianapolis 500, bringing their pit-stop choreography from NASCAR t ...